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Release Date:
12 August 1994 (USA) moreTagline:
Who says the good guy has to be a guy? morePlot:
Mr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing a troubled teenage girl full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
(9 articles)
News: Twitter Death? / Karate Kid remake / Easy Rider re-boot? (From SoundOnSight. 21 May 2009, 9:24 PM, PDT)
‘The Karate Kid’ Remake Retitled ‘The Kung Fu Kid’
(From Screen Rant. 30 March 2009, 3:30 PM, PDT)
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Unrealistic and overblown. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Pat Morita | ... | Sgt. Kesuke Miyagi (as Noriyuki "Pat" Morita) | |
| Hilary Swank | ... | Julie Pierce | |
| Michael Ironside | ... | Col. Dugan | |
| Constance Towers | ... | Louisa Pierce | |
| Chris Conrad | ... | Eric McGowen | |
| Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad | ... | Abbot (as Arsenio Trinidad) | |
| Michael Cavalieri | ... | Ned | |
| Walton Goggins | ... | Charlie (as Walt Goggins) | |
| Jim Ishida | ... | Tall Monk | |
| Rodney Kageyama | ... | Monk | |
| Seth Sakai | ... | Buddhist Monk | |
| Eugene Boles | ... | Mr. Harold Wilkes | |
| Keena Keel | ... | School Clerk | |
| Tom O'Brien | ... | Gabe | |
| Thomas Downey | ... | Morgan (as Tom Downey) |
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Rated PG for violence and some mild language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
107 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:L | Australia:M (original rating) | Peru:PT | South Korea:12 | Philippines:G | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG (re-rating on appeal)Fun Stuff
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The fight choreographers gave Hilary Swank a "pink belt" for her mastery of the most flashy techniques, but none of the basics. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: During Julie's fight with Ned that she doesn't actually touch him when he goes down. moreQuotes:
Julie Pierce: I wish I had courage like you.Sergeant Kesuke Miyagi: I wish I had chocolate bar with almonds.
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Rating: 5/10
Why don't try-hard filmmakers just stop making fools of themselves by sequelizing The Karate Kid? Then the film world would be much more pleasant. This sequel, The Next Karate Kid starts quite well. It hits the mark on the first few lots of 5 minutes and I was possibly interested in seeing the rest of it. Unfortunately, the film faults itself a lot after the promising beginning. The ending in particular is offensive with stupidity and completely overblown. Hilary Swank and Pat Morita handle their main character leads with great emotion, despite some of the cheesy dialogue they are given. The story behind the martial arts is about Julie (Swank) and her best friend, Angel, a bird with a broken wing. Most of the scenes with Angel are touching, and win points for the film. However, the villains are completely laughable and the story leads to times that are so unrealistic that you kind of feel pain for the paper the script has been written on. The film has some mildly good ideas, but overall it fails to make you want to keep watching unless you have absolutely nothing else to do.